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k33ntoday at 12:38 PM10 repliesview on HN

It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit. LinkedIn sucks, and I hate this feature. But that’s why I hardly use it and don’t pay them any money.


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greggoBtoday at 12:59 PM

> It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit

This is an incredibly bold statement, and something I really cannot relate to having lived in Europe for over a decade.

It comes across as more of a knee-jerk reaction from someone who believes oversight or accountability of any kind is by definition a needless burden.

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robin_realatoday at 12:44 PM

It’s about having rights, and exercising them. If companies find that difficult to work with then they’re not even hitting the minimum baseline.

atwrktoday at 1:04 PM

You think standing in for people's rights against the profit interests of transnational corporations means "making life difficult"? Whose life exactly? That of the CEO of Microsoft?

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john_strinlaitoday at 1:38 PM

it is a very American concept, that company interests should be placed above human interests and rights.

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newyankeetoday at 12:48 PM

When an entity becomes almost a monopoly, surely the rules about some behaviours should be stronger

embedding-shapetoday at 12:55 PM

> It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit.

It's really hard to understand concepts when you're internationally masking and misleading yourself.

Obviously no one things "making life difficult is a worthy pursuit", but, doing the right thing sometimes is worth a bit of the difficulties it introduces, this is why you see moves like this.

harrouettoday at 2:02 PM

You don't pay them anything but you are the product, genius !

jbxntuehineohtoday at 2:01 PM

making life difficult for _people i don't like_ is a worthy pursuit

well_ackshuallytoday at 12:58 PM

You force yourself onto my life (because, for various reasons, most of the career listings are there for example) and then you attempt to make it miserable too, by using and abusing every FOMO tool in the box ?

You bet your ass I'm going to make your life difficult. If you want it to stop, you're the one with the ball on your side of the court, you know exactly what to do.

It's a very American concept, to believe you can just ignore systems and networks. The guy shitting in your yard every day doesn't go away just because you're not looking at him do it.

vrganjtoday at 12:47 PM

Making the lives of those that wish to exploit us and monetize our relationships on their enshittified platforms is not the same as making everyone's life difficult.

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